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Signed Zip as Base64 with XAdES-BES

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This example is to help companies implement a solution for sending XAdES-BES to the Polish government for reporting purposes. Specifically:

Przed podpisaniem deklaracja zbiorcza (PIT-11Z, PIT-8CZ, PIT-40Z, PIT-RZ) musi zostać
umieszczona w archiwum ZIP. W tym przypadku, podpisywany jest plik archiwum ZIP,
przyjmujący w podpisie XAdES-BES formę zakodowaną base64.

The example demonstrates the following:

  1. Zip an XML file (PIT-11Z.xml is zipped to PIT-11Z.zip)
  2. Create XML to be signed, where the XML contains the base64 encoded content of the PIT-11Z.zip archive.
  3. XAdES-BES sign the XML containing the base64 zip.

This example will also show the reverse:

  1. Verify the signed XML.
  2. Extract the PIT-11z.zip from the signed XML.
  3. Unzip the PIT-11Z.zip to get the original PIT-11Z.xml

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Dart
import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  // Zip the PIT-11Z.xml to create PIT-11Z.zip (not as a .zip file, but in-memory).
  final sbXmlToZip = CkStringBuilder();
  try {
    sbXmlToZip.loadFile('qa_data/xml/PIT-11Z.xml', 'utf-8');
  } on ChilkatException {
    print('Failed to load the XML to be zipped.');
    return;
  }

  final zip = CkZip();

  // Initialize the zip object. No file is created in this call.
  // It should always return true.
  zip.newZip('PIT-11Z.zip');

  // Add the XML to be zipped.
  zip.addSb('PIT-11Z.xml', sbXmlToZip, 'utf-8');

  // Write the zip to a BinData object.
  final bdZip = CkBinData();
  zip.writeBd(bdZip);
  // The contents of the bdZip will be retrieved in base64 format when needed below..

  final gen = CkXmlDSigGen();

  gen.sigLocation = '';
  gen.sigLocationMod = 0;

  gen.sigId = 'Signature_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_19';
  gen.sigNamespacePrefix = 'ds';
  gen.sigNamespaceUri = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#';
  gen.sigValueId = 'SignatureValue_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_52';
  gen.signedInfoId = 'SignedInfo_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_41';
  gen.signedInfoCanonAlg = 'C14N';
  gen.signedInfoDigestMethod = 'sha1';

  // Set the KeyInfoId before adding references..
  gen.keyInfoId = 'KeyInfo_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_24';

  // Create an Object to be added to the Signature.
  final object1 = CkXml();
  object1.tag = 'xades:QualifyingProperties';
  object1.addAttribute('xmlns:xades', 'http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#');
  object1.addAttribute('Id', 'QualifyingProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_43');
  object1.addAttribute('Target', '#Signature_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_19');
  object1.updateAttrAt('xades:SignedProperties', true, 'Id', 'SignedProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_4e');
  object1.updateAttrAt('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties', true, 'Id', 'SignedSignatureProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_0a');
  // Chilkat will replace the strings "TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT" with actual values when the signature is created.
  object1.updateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningTime', 'TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT');
  // Note: It may be that http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256 is needed in the following line instead of http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1
  object1.updateAttrAt('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:CertDigest|ds:DigestMethod', true, 'Algorithm', 'http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1');
  object1.updateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:CertDigest|ds:DigestValue', 'TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT');
  object1.updateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:IssuerSerialV2', 'TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT');
  object1.updateAttrAt('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties', true, 'Id', 'SignedDataObjectProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_4b');
  object1.updateAttrAt('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat', true, 'ObjectReference', '#Reference1_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_27');
  object1.updateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:Description', 'MIME-Version: 1.0\r\nContent-Type: application/zip\r\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: binary\r\nContent-Disposition: filename="PIT-11Z.zip"');
  object1.updateAttrAt('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:ObjectIdentifier|xades:Identifier', true, 'Qualifier', 'OIDAsURI');
  object1.updateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:ObjectIdentifier|xades:Identifier', 'http://www.certum.pl/OIDAsURI/signedFile/1.2.616.1.113527.3.1.1.3.1');
  object1.updateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:ObjectIdentifier|xades:Description', 'Opis formatu dokumentu oraz jego pelna nazwa');
  object1.updateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:ObjectIdentifier|xades:DocumentationReferences|xades:DocumentationReference', 'http://www.certum.pl/OIDAsURI/signedFile.pdf');
  object1.updateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:DataObjectFormat|xades:MimeType', 'application/zip');
  object1.updateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:CommitmentTypeIndication|xades:CommitmentTypeId|xades:Identifier', 'http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.2.2#ProofOfApproval');
  object1.updateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedDataObjectProperties|xades:CommitmentTypeIndication|xades:AllSignedDataObjects', '');
  object1.updateAttrAt('xades:UnsignedProperties', true, 'Id', 'UnsignedProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_55');

  // Emit XML in compact (single-line) format to avoid whitespace problems.
  object1.emitCompact = true;
  gen.addObject('', object1.getXml(), '', '');

  // Create an Object to be added to the Signature.
  // This is where we add the base64 representation of the PIT-11Z.zip
  gen.addObject('Object1_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347', bdZip.getEncoded('base64'), '', 'http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#base64');

  // -------- Reference 1 --------
  gen.addObjectRef('Object1_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347', 'sha1', 'C14N_WithComments', '', '');
  gen.setRefIdAttr('Object1_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347', 'Reference1_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_27');

  // -------- Reference 2 --------
  gen.addObjectRef('SignedProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_4e', 'sha1', '', '', 'http://uri.etsi.org/01903#SignedProperties');
  gen.setRefIdAttr('SignedProperties_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_4e', 'SignedProperties-Reference_2a8df7f8-b958-40cc-83f6-edb53b837347_28');

  // Provide a certificate + private key. (PFX password is test123)
  final cert = CkCert();
  try {
    cert.loadPfxFile('qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx', 'test123');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  gen.setX509Cert(cert, true);

  gen.keyInfoType = 'X509Data';
  gen.x509Type = 'Certificate';

  // This will be an enveloping signature where the Signature element
  // is the XML document root, the signed data is contained within Object
  // tag(s) within the Signature.
  // Therefore, pass an empty sbXml to CreateXmlDsigSb.
  final sbXml = CkStringBuilder();

  // The Polish government's XmlDSig implementation requires that we reproduce an attribute-sorting error.
  // (This is an error in the XML canonicalization that is not noticed when both the signature-creation code and signature-verification code use
  // the same XML canonicalization implementation w/ the bug.)
  gen.behaviors = 'AttributeSortingBug,CompactSignedXml';

  // Sign the XML...
  try {
    gen.createXmlDSigSb(sbXml);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // -----------------------------------------------

  // Save the signed XML to a file.
  sbXml.writeFile('qa_output/signedXml.xml', 'utf-8', false);

  print(sbXml.getAsString());

  // ----------------------------------------
  // Verify the signature we just produced...
  final verifier = CkXmlDSig();
  try {
    verifier.loadSignatureSb(sbXml);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  try {
    verifier.verifySignature(true);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  print('This signature was successfully verified.');

  // ------------------------------------
  // Finally, let's extract the .zip from the signed XML, and then unzip the original PIT-11Z.xml from the in-memory zip.
  final xml = CkXml();
  xml.loadSb(sbXml, true);

  // The base64 image of the PIT-11Z.zip is in the 2nd ds:Object child of the ds:Signature (the ds:Signature is the root element of the signed XML).
  // (ds:Object[0] would be the 1st ds:Object child.  Index 1 is the 2nd ds:Object child.)
  final strZipBase64 = xml.getChildContent('ds:Object[1]');

  bdZip.clear();
  bdZip.appendEncoded(strZipBase64, 'base64');
  if (bdZip.numBytes == 0) {
    print('Something went wrong.. we dont\' have any data..');
    return;
  }

  try {
    zip.openBd(bdZip);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Get the 1st file in the zip, which should be the PIT-11Z.xml
  final entry = CkZipEntry();
  try {
    zip.entryAt(0, entry);
  } on ChilkatException {
    print('Zip contains no files...');
    return;
  }

  // Get the XML:
  final origXml = entry.unzipToString(0, 'utf-8');
  print('Original XML extracted from base64 zip:');
  print(origXml);
}